I have the sock fever! My newest knitting bag is housing my Spooky Vanilla socks and living in my purse. Shockingly if you work in a project it actually grows!
I’m done with the foot, inserted the lifeline line for the afterthought heel (tiny orange stripe) and I’m moving up the leg. I’m already starting to eyeball the second ball of yarn to see if I can make them match!
Happy Knitting!!
These socks are my absolute favorite pair to date. I loved everything about them….the color, the yarn, the matching ❤️
Pattern: 60 stitch toe up vanilla sock with afterthought heel over 60% of the total stitches
Yarn: String Thoery Colorworks Orbit base in the Black Body Radiation color
Needles: US 2 nine inch circs
I LOVE how great they match. This is really my first success at this pretty much ever. You guys….I knit these in FOUR DAYS over a long weekend that involved some grandparent time for Jellybean. I want to knit this yarn all the time in all the colors….seriously! My husband better hide my debit card.
Happy Knitting!!
With my Pot O Gold bummer I needed a pick me up. I’ve been flirting with the idea of doing Socktober KAL with the Carlina Fiber Girls podcast in addition to 2016 Pigskin Party KAL with the Down Cellar Studio podcast. The result is this beauty from my stash..
This is Berry Colorful Yarnings Spooky color on her sock base. I would get points for yardage and sponsor year for the Pigskin Party. And points for just the sock in Socktober. I’m crazy right?
I’m working a 70 stitch toe up vanilla sock with afterthought heel to preserve the stripes. I got cast on during a two hour webinar at work the other day. The yarn is very fine but lovely to work with.
I managed to slip this over my toe for fit. Right now it’s sitting at zero ease so I know it will fit. These may just be slouchy around the house socks!
Happy Knitting!!
My newest socks off the needles took a bit of a sad turn. I put them in a cold water wash with Soak on gentle in my machine and disaster…..
Before:
After:
The blue and purple dye bled and just changed the whole sock. I’m a sad panda. They still fit and are beautiful in a fashion. They just aren’t my bright cheery socks anymore. I should have citric acid treated them but I was in a rush and didn’t think. I whole heartedly regret that but what can you do?
I have an email in to the yarn maker to see what I did wrong and to let them know there was a problem. No answer as of yet.
Here’s to happier knitting!
My hands are getting back in to shape. I’ve managed to make up some time and finish my Pot O Gold vanilla socks.
They turned out a bit loose in the leg but the feet are a perfect fit.
Pattern: 64 stitch toe up vanilla socks with afterthought heel.
Yarn: Dove Roving company Tapping Tootsie in the Pot O Gold color
Needles: US 2 circ
I couldn’t be happier and this has been just the boost I’ve needed to get back in to knitting.
Happy Knitting!
I feel the need to shout this from the rooftops….I LOVE THIS YARN!
I started a sock this week and I already finished the first one! This is the Orbit base from String Theory Colorworks in the black body radiation color. It’s a heavy fingering to sport weight yarn. And boy does it zoom!!
I’m doing a 60 stitch vanilla sock on US2 needles. I did an afterthought heel to preserve my stripes. I have even started the second one and I’m optimistic I can make an exact matching pair!
I think I’m in love ❤️
Happy Knitting!
I was in my fiber storage the other day putting away the scraps from my last couple of projects and I heard a tiny voice call “knit me!”
I peaked in my sock yarn bin and this glorious skein of String Theory Orbit in Black Body Radiation popped out at me. It was part of my 2016 sock yarn experiment haul and I hadn’t gotten to it yet.
Never mind the box of UFOs, I wound up this hot little skein in preparation for the DCS Pigskin Party KAL. I was even able to take a good crack at winding it so the stripes will match. Though I probably just jinxed it, lol. I need to get the Pot O Gold socks off my needles so this yarn can jump on them!
Happy Knitting
Before my health setback I was managing to zoom on my Pot O Gold vanilla socks. I even finished the first sock.
As a refresher, this is a toe up vanilla sock over 64 stitches on a US 2 circular needle. And I used and afterthought heel to not interrupt the pseudo stripes. I heart this project so hard! I even wove in the ends as soon as I got done…
It’s a lovely fit. Not too loose and not too snug. I even managed to start the second sock before the skin on fingers literally started peeling as the hand foot mouth rash heeled. Dudes….this virus is legit for adults. I’ll spare you the details and leave it at that. Here’s another photo my my sock to distract you.
Happy Knitting!!
Holy cow this cake of yarn never ends! I’m still knitting on my Pot O Gold vanilla socks and baby they are growing!
I’ve installed the afterthought heel and continuing to zoom up the leg. I feel like I still have a TON of this yarn left. Honestly I can’t decide to how long to make this sucker! I’m getting bored with this and so the answer may be close at hand. They are tall enough now so I may just surrender…
But gosh, I sure do love looking at these colors and the way they are striping.
Happy Knitting!!
I had a few toddler free moments this past weekend and what’s a girl to do but play with yarn?!
I managed to round up and wind my next three sock projects. Each bag has the 1) yarn 2) needles and 3) stitch markers to start more yummy socks. They will all probably be some variation of toe-up vanilla socks as that is my zen zone of late. From left to right they are:
I’ve found I don’t always have time or brain space to prep knitting. In my stolen moments I just want to knit! So I’m hoping my OCD prepping will allow my needles to just fly!
Ps. I hand sound my balls and then used my ball winder to rewind them to reduce the stress on the yarn on the inside of the cake. So I’m not as worried if these sit around for a bit.
Happy Knitting!!
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